Vinnitsa operatives arrested a criminal group of phone scams that cheated the citizens of half a million hryvnia
employees of the Office of Criminal Investigation arrested a criminal group of three persons suspected of committing dozens of fraud in Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Kyiv region. At the attackers announced two dozen suspectedcriminal episodes worth about half a million hryvnia. Attackers worked on the classic scheme "liberation relatives from the police." Victims usually telephoned in the morning to a landline or mobile phone and reported that someone from family committed an accident or other offenses and his "settle" to pay a millition. The amounts ranging from thousands of dollars. When the victim did not have such a sum attackers agree to less. The organizer of the criminal group - 35-year-old resident of Kyiv, repeatedly convicted of theft, robbery, robbery. '20 People spent in prison, was released from prison last year. The attacker was deceiving people with31-year-old wife and 35-year-old accomplice, with whom he lived in the capital's apartment. In addition criminals involved in criminal activities four taxi drivers who came to the deceived people money. According to organizers, they got to the winery, as learned from the Internet news of victims of such fraud. One of the victims, Vinnychanka Olga said that in early August, about four o'clock in the morning on landline phone rang their apartments unknown man. He introduced himself and informed the police officer that her 40 year old brother beat a man and now need money in order to not to open criminal proceedings. The woman gave the taxi driver who drove up toher house already for 10 minutes two and a half thousand euros. Only after called his brother, who was sleeping at home. According to Acting Head of Internal Affairs Alexander Hlyanka for fraud opened criminal proceedings under Part 4, Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud committed in large scale or organized group). This offense is punishable relievennyam sentence of five to twelve years with confiscation of property. At the attackers announced on suspicion of committing two dozen such crimes amounting to about half a million hryvnia. The investigation continues, check detained for involvement in similar crimes in three areas. Court elected as a preventive measure for the organizerand his accomplice in the arrest, the woman will be under house arrest. Press service of Ministry of Internal Affairs Ukraine In Vinnytsia RegionSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/